Wichita eagle., 1887-09-16
OUR MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Some Facts Setting Forth Wichita's AdvaI
tapes as a Great Manufacturing Center.

taees as Great Manufacturing Center.
The machinery for the West Side shoe fac
tory arrived yesterday. The building is al
most completed and Mr.. Theodore Deming
the senior partner Of the firm of McClung &
Deming, hopes to be ready for manufactur
ing shoes by wholesale in a short time. He Il
a solid business man, and with the new terri
tory now being opened up he sees a fine fielc
for successful work in his line. When ons
| industry comes many others of a slmlla,
kind will cluster around it. Since the shot
factory has been located here, Mr.. JOSEPH
Goldback, one of the leading leather dealers
of Louisville, Kentucky, has signed contract:
to come with his immense shoe and
leather finding factory, which viii
employ at least 200 skilled workmen
including thirty young ladies who will be en-
gagged in the manufacture of different arti-
cles belonging to the trade. Mr.. Goldbach is
progressive business man and during the
first year Of the great New Orleans exposi-
ton he made an exhibit there that cost $1,000.
He states that tina growth OK the shoe and
leather business here will create demand
for large tannery here, and as he owns in
| terests in two or three OF the Louisville tan
neries he will probably remove a portion OF
this interest to Wichita. The completion OF
the stock yards and stock market viii af-
ford the means for procusing suitable hides
for the tanning business, and the recent
discovery of Is per cent salt water
and the organization Of a company for
the manufacture Of salt will supply this
material in abundance It is said by persons
well posted that chestnut oak tan-bark
can be obtained in the Indian territory IN
large quantities, and shipped here at rate
as cheap az it can be shipped from Tennessee
to Louisville where the amount of capital
invested in tanneries amounts TO over SlO,-
600. In 1860 there were hut one small tan
merry in the place and people did not think
that would pay dividends on the amount in
vested. They now supply not only large
home demand for certain kinds Of leather,
but large shipments are made to Europe. We
are in the very heart of the cattle growing,
and stock producing section Of the country,
consequently all kinds OF hides can be
placed at the doors of tanneries without cost
of shipping, and when it comes TO an export
business the Santa Fe railway system con-
meets with the sea board at Galveston, aud
there runs line direct to Liverpool. With
in the next decade Wichita will greatly in
crease her wealth and population by the
of our home products. Eas-
tern capitalists are shrewd enough to know
this, and for this reason they are all anxious
to make long time investments Unreal estate,
knowing that the day is not far distant when
it will be valuable, and not only valuable but
it will pay them large dividends on the in
vestments made now. These men know that
always move to the base of
supplies. in order to save freight rates on
as is the case in the great
cotton mills that have been located
in the South since the war.
Recently there has been more talk
Of the investment of home capital in a wool |
an mill. There is no reason why it would
not pay. In the eastern states there are 972
wooden mills. and Kansas a large amount Of
the raw material for running them. With
Ill these advantages there is no reason why
Wichita should not in the near future be-
come one of the great centers
Of the country.